As I started to think about my topic for my personal essay, I thought of birds. I thought about how I would like to be a bird and how free they are, but then as I wrote that essay I realized that not the one thing I want people to know about me. Growing up I was the baby in my family for 9 years, until my younger sister and brother came along and my family went from three to five. And that made me the middle child. My parents were never on the same page. My mom was passive and my dad was very controlling which started to take a toll on how my family dynamics were. Then third grade came around and we moved from Brockton, Massachusetts to Derry New Hampshire. And by “we” I mean everyone except my dad. So, after moving my older brother being four years older than me decided that he wanted to become the dad figure. He would tell all of us what to do and he thought he controlled the house. That caused problems towards high school.
Now being 11 months apart from my older sister I grew very attached to her. She was my role model, I looked up to everything she did. I wanted to be just like her. We had that typical sister relationship I would take her stuff and she would get upset, …show more content…
Every season I did a different sport. I started with Soccer, then moved to Cheer, then basketball, then switched over to volleyball. The sports took over my life and body. The pain the sports caused was unbearable, but being home was worse. I just pushed through, going to the chiropractor twice a week just to make it through each season. Then when the pain was too much I took up coaching so I could still stay out of the house, but also give my body a break. But coaching wasn’t a good enough distraction, I liked having to deal with the pain the sports caused to get away from the pain my home caused me. I learned though sports are only so many hours in a day that I still had to be at
Now being 11 months apart from my older sister I grew very attached to her. She was my role model, I looked up to everything she did. I wanted to be just like her. We had that typical sister relationship I would take her stuff and she would get upset, …show more content…
Every season I did a different sport. I started with Soccer, then moved to Cheer, then basketball, then switched over to volleyball. The sports took over my life and body. The pain the sports caused was unbearable, but being home was worse. I just pushed through, going to the chiropractor twice a week just to make it through each season. Then when the pain was too much I took up coaching so I could still stay out of the house, but also give my body a break. But coaching wasn’t a good enough distraction, I liked having to deal with the pain the sports caused to get away from the pain my home caused me. I learned though sports are only so many hours in a day that I still had to be at